Play & Learn Video Games & Virtual Worlds Studies

Mark W. Bell

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Applications

Why?

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Radio

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Television

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Computers

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But…

Video Games (VG)?

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Virtual worlds (VW)?

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Is a VG/VW Mass Media?

What is a video game?

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History II

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vid·e·o game (vĭd'ē-ō‘ gām) n. 1. An electronically facilitated game with a sensory feedback.

vir·tu·al world(ˈvər-chə-wəl ˈwər(-ə)ld) n. 1. A synchronous, persistent network of people, represented by avatars, facilitated by computers.

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Video Games vs. Box Office (Gross Sales - in Billions). [Sources: Business Week, BoxOfficeMojo]

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Source: Entertainment Software Assn.

Source: Entertainment Software Assn.

Kevin WerbachSusan CrawfordBeth Noveck Irving Wladawsky-Berger

15 years from now, the prime minister of the day will have grown up playing computer games, just as 15 years ago we had the first prime minister to have grown up watching television, and 30 years ago to have grown up listening to the radio.- Richard Bartle (2008)

Is there a VG/VW literacy?

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Do VG/VW have effects?

CognitiveAttitudinalEmotional

PhysiologicalBehavioral

Cognitive

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Attitudinal

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Sex & Gender

Emotional

Has A Video Game Made You Cry?

Physiological

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Behavioral

Violence

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Why Does The Wii Work?

Video Games Are…

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The Wii

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Future of VG/VW Studies

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Research on VG/VW Effects

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Can Reality Become A

Game?

Or are we in a game now?

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